DAVAO CITY – Authorities are investigating the movements of Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, the father-and-son Bondi Beach gunmen who visited this city prior to the recent shootings in Sydney, Australia. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed on Tuesday that they were in the Philippines,...
DAVAO CITY – The police and military vehemently denied on Wednesday reports that the two Bondi Beach terrorists trained in Davao or Mindanao during their visit to the Philippines last month. Speaking at the Davao Peace and Security Press Corps briefing at The Royal Mandaya Hotel Davao here,...
President Marcos disputed claims labeling the Philippines as an "ISIS training hotspot," following reports that the suspects of the Bondi Beach mass shooting previously visited the country. "[T]he President strongly rejects the sweeping statement and the misleading characterization of the...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro has gotten in touch with her Australian counterpart following a terror attack that killed 15 in Bondi Beach in Sydney. In a post on X, Lazaro said she spoke by phone with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Tuesday, Dec. 16, as...
Malacañang said the visit of the suspects of the Bondi Beach shooting to the Philippines last month does not pose any security threat and is not considered a serious concern. According to the National Security Council (NSC), there was no confirmed information indicating that their visit posed a...
In a major crackdown on illegal online gambling, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), through the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), apprehended seven suspects allegedly running unauthorized gambling operations in Quezon City and Batasan. CICC,...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Two suspects in the murder of businessman Jefferson Torricer in 2021 were arrested by the Police Regional Office-2 in Santa Maria, Bulacan, on Sunday, April 21. Police Brig. Gen. Christopher C. Birung, PRO-2 director, said suspects Jerry, a...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police arrested on Thursday afternoon, February 15, two suspected members of the Concepcion Criminal Group tagged in the killing of two businessmen in Libon, this province, last year. JEOFRY and Vilma Mari, alleged members of the Concepcion Criminal Group, were arrested by...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Police apprehended the suspect in the massacre of three persons on Friday evening in a pursuit operation in the boulevard area in Surigao City. In an interview on Friday evening over RPN DXKS Surigao, Surigao City police chief Police Lt. Col. Diomedes Cuadra Jr. identified the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Police in this city arrested on Tuesday, October 31, a suspect in the killing of radio commentator Federico "Deng" Gempesaw over a year and four months after he was killed in Phase 1, Sitio Macanhan, Barangay Carmen, this city, on June 29, 2022. FEDERICO ‘Deng’...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – The suspect in the murder of a police officer here surrendered on Thursday, October 12. Quezon police chief Police Col. Ledon Monte said 56-year-old “Efren” voluntarily surrendered after almost five months in hiding with the help of Mayor Mayor George Suayan here. Efren,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A murder suspect was killed and his cohort was arrested during a law enforcement operation in Barangay Parang Basak, Lamitan City, Basilan on Sunday, September 24. The fatality was identified as Cantino Hamsalin, who is facing murder and frustrated murder charges before the...
